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BootIt Bare Metal vs NIUBI Partition Editor

Both stand on hard drive partitioning software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

BootIt Bare Metal

Free trial LinuxWindows

BootIt Bare Metal combines partition editing, multiboot control, imaging, and scripting in a bootable toolkit. The one-time license includes a 30-day trial, but purchases cannot be refunded.

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NIUBI Partition Editor offers partition management, preview controls and maintenance tools, with different limits across free, demo and paid editions. Check the edition details if rollback or bootable media creation matters.

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The facts

	BootIt Bare Metal	NIUBI Partition Editor
Free plan	A free trial	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Windows	Windows
Lowest paid plan	BootIt Collection: $39.95, paid once	Professional Edition: $39, paid once
Plans published	1	5
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	terabyteunlimited.com	partition-editor.com
On hard drive partitioning software	#12 of 17	#8 of 17

BootIt Bare Metal: what it does well

Supports MBR, EMBR, and GPT
Non-destructive filesystem resizing
Boots systems across up to 16 drives
Includes Image for DOS
TBScript automates partition operations

What to know first

No free plan
All sales are final
No refunds are available
Operating systems listing names Windows

NIUBI Partition Editor: what it does well

Shrinks, extends, moves and merges partitions
Virtual Mode previews, undoes and redoes planned operations
Offers disk and partition cloning
Server Edition supports hardware RAID arrays and virtual machines
Free Edition is available for non-commercial home use

What to know first

Free Edition lacks rollback and bootable media creation
Demo cannot modify real disk partitions
Free Edition is limited to non-commercial home use

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